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Leaders of the country's largest Protestant denomination have a message for millennials: get married already.<p>The Nashville-based <a href="http://www.sbc.net/" target="_blank">Southern Baptist Convention</a> and its nearly 16 million members continue to resist societal trends like gay marriage and cohabitation. They also want to go against the grain on the rising marital age.<p>But back in 1972, Pam Blume was pretty typical. She was just a few years out of high school when she walked down the aisle.<p>"Looking back, I can see a 20-year-old, you're pretty naïve," she says.Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:07:00 +0000Blake Farmer75883 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgSouthern Baptist Leaders Highlight Benefits Of Youthful MatrimonyTeachers Go Door-Knocking In Nashvillehttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/teachers-go-door-knocking-nashville
It's Saturday in East Nashville, Tenn., and LaTonya White finds herself knocking on a stranger's door. It's awkward. Someone peers out at her through the window. White looks away, pretending not to notice. After an uncomfortable few seconds, the door finally cracks open. White seizes her chance:<p>"My name is LaTonya White. I'm the principal at Rosebank Elementary School. How are you doing?" she asks, glancing at the clipboard in her hands. On it: a list of families in the area with soon-to-be kindergartners.Thu, 04 Dec 2014 09:49:00 +0000Blake Farmer70680 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgTeachers Go Door-Knocking In NashvilleCountry Music Legend Ray Price Dies At 87http://publicradiotulsa.org/post/country-music-legend-ray-price-dies-87
Country music singer and songwriter Ray Price died Monday at the age of 87 at his ranch in Texas. Price was a Grammy Award Winner and who had more than 100 country hits in his decades-long career. A 1996 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, he was credited with pioneering a shuffle beat and walking bass line that became standard in Texas dance halls.Tue, 17 Dec 2013 01:06:00 +0000Blake Farmer51313 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgVolkswagen Union Opposed By Tennessee Republican Officialshttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/volkswagen-union-opposed-tennessee-republican-officials
When it comes to union organizing at an auto plant, the tension is typically between the workers and the management. But not at Volkswagen in Tennessee. There, the United Auto Workers is attempting to finally unionize the automaker's first foreign-owned plant in the South. And so far, Republican officials are the ones trying to stand in the way.<p>Just outside Chattanooga, in an idyllic industrial park, surrounded by green hills and even a nature park, Volkswagen built a plant a few years ago. It is still Volkswagen's only car plant in the U.S.Mon, 21 Oct 2013 21:07:00 +0000Blake Farmer48250 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgVolkswagen Union Opposed By Tennessee Republican OfficialsModern Hymn Writers Aim To Take Back Sundayhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/modern-hymn-writers-aim-take-back-sunday
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZuIyrwSqHY</p>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:28:00 +0000Blake Farmer42352 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgModern Hymn Writers Aim To Take Back SundayWomen In Combat Ban To Be Liftedhttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/women-combat-ban-be-lifted
Transcript <p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: <p>On a momentous Thursday, it's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.<p>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: <p>And I'm Renee Montagne.<p>We're expecting Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to make an announcement today. From now on, women will formally be allowed to serve in ground combat.<p>INSKEEP: To sense just how dramatic this change is, consider how many other milestones the military passed before reaching this one.Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:42:00 +0000Blake Farmer32985 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgArmy Aims To Use Words, Not Weapons, With Afghanshttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/army-aims-use-words-not-weapons-afghans
The U.S. Army has been ramping up instruction in the languages of Afghanistan, even as troop levels in the country decrease in preparation for the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2014.<p>This year, key installations have added several hundred speakers of Pashto and Dari to their ranks, more than doubling the number of soldiers trained in the Afghan languages.<p>But it's not just the country's languages that are foreign to U.S.Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:26:00 +0000Blake Farmer25914 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgArmy Aims To Use Words, Not Weapons, With AfghansAs Bear Population Grows, More States Look At Huntshttp://publicradiotulsa.org/post/bear-population-grows-more-states-look-hunts
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBCNJx-xi-8</p>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000Blake Farmer7143 at http://publicradiotulsa.orgAs Bear Population Grows, More States Look At Hunts